Mike Pence blasted Obama for agreeing to the nuclear deal, deplorably saying "(w)e looked to the White House in those days in 2009. We looked for American leadership, and there was none," adding:

"(T)he last administration not only was silent when the good and courageous people of Iran were rising up for democracy, but they also pushed forward and embraced the disastrous Iran nuclear deal that President Trump refused to recertify and we're continuing to provide leadership on."

The "people of Iran" want Washington keeping its dirty hands off their country, public sentiment strongly hostile to US interference and aggression.

On Thursday, the Treasury Department imposed more illegal sanctions on Iran, targeting five entities linked to its entirely legal ballistic missile program - using the pretext of likely CIA/Mossad orchestrated street protests and violence, including use of hired assassins (terrorists) to kill over 20 Iranians.

Newly imposed sanctions affect five subsidiaries of Iran's Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group, involved in developing and producing missiles, prohibiting Americans from dealing with the company, intimidating other countries to hesitate doing business with Iran.